Fantasy Baseball Category Killers: Steals

Fantasy Baseball Category Killers: Steals

Steals
Everth Cabrera, Padres: Cabrera has swiped three bags during the past week, and five in the last two weeks. While his average still sits at .240, he's on pace for another 30-steal season, and should be able to compile another 8-10 more steals before the season ends.
Cameron Maybin, Padres: It's been a disappointing year for Cameron Maybin, but he's been heating up lately. With a .421 average and three steals during the past week, he's been one of the hotter hitters in the National League recently, and is widely available in most formats (39 owned in Yahoo!).

Nate McLouth, Orioles: I just added McLouth in one of my deeper mixed formats with the hope that he continues stealing bases at a decent clip. He's picked up a pair of steals in each of the previous two weeks, and has five in 19 games since joining the Orioles. If he can keep his average in the .240-.250 range in Baltimore, he makes an interesting play.
Ben Revere, Twins: Revere keeps churning out the steals, with two during the past week, and six in August. Now at 30 steals on the season, he has an outside shot at 40 if he can put together a few hot weeks. He'll be a strong source of average and runs, and is available in most formats (39 owned in Yahoo!).

Billy Hamilton, Reds: Looking to catch lightning in a bottle? Hamilton just broke the all time minor league steals mark held by Vince Coleman, and now sits at 150 on the season. The Reds are considering brining him up as a spark off the bench in September, and he's likely to get plenty of chances to steal as a pinch runner. He's the type of high upside play that clinches a championship late in the season.

Can the Caps beat the Buffalo Sabres for the third time in two weeks? Stream the game via CSNmidatlantic.com/CapitalsStream or tune in to CSN at 6:30 p.m. for coverage. Here is everything you need to know:

What: Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, N.Y.

When: Saturday, 12/3 at 7:00 p.m. ET.

How to Watch: Capitals GameTime airs at 6:30 p.m. followed by Capitals at Sabres on CSN Mid-Atlantic.

When is the Capitals-Sabres game?

The Capitals (15-7-2) play the Buffalo Sabres (10-10-6) Friday at 7:00 p.m. ET.

What channel is the Capitals-Sabres game on?

The Capitals-Sabres game is broadcast on CSN. The coverage of the game begins at 6:30 p.m. with Capitals GameTime. The game begins at 7:00 p.m with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin. For postgame coverage, stick around for Caps Extra following the game. (CSN channel Finder)

With the NHL's Olympic participation in serious doubt, Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis reaffirmed his support Friday of Alex Ovechkin should the team captain choose to leave in the middle of the NHL season to go to the Olympics.

"He has given a lot to our team and he doesn’t ask for much in return and whatever he likes to do in this one, I’ll support him,” Leonsis said, per Josh Cooper of Puck Daddy. "His mother was an Olympian. It’s a part of the tradition in the family and it is meaningful to him, and he’s kind of the ambassador and captain of the team. We don’t sit and talk about this all the time, but he needs to know, and he does know, that in this one instance I’ll have his back.”

Ovechkin first stated he would leave to play in Sochi for the 2014 Olympics even if the NHL did not participate. At media day for the World Cup of Hockey, Ovechkin vowed again to leave the Caps midseason in 2018 to participate in the Pyeongchang Olympics.

The difference in the two situations is that Olympic participation is not a guarantee in 2018. It seemed very unlikely that the NHL would not play in Sochi considering how many Russian players are in the league.